| Moths of North Dakota |
Sphingidae: Macroglossinae: Dilophonitini |
Erinnyis obscura (Fabricius 1775)
| Common name: Obscure sphinx.
Hodges #: 7837. Identification: Rfw 24.4 mm (male), fw outer margin convex in general course and shallowly crenulate between veins. Fw (male) with diagonal stripe, (female) blackish-gray, paler along costa and tornus. Abdomen of both sexes without dark lateral rectangles. Similar species: 7834. Distribution: Uruguay and north to the Gulf States as resident, strays to New York, Michigan, Nebraska and ND. Hosts: Larvae feed on climbing vine milkweeds of the genera Cynanchum and Philibertia-- both Ascelpiadaceae. Note: A record of E. domingonis from the state is based upon a female specimen of this species. |
male FL Bahia Honda Key. 7- VII- 1975. B. Stiles.
female no data. 1927. |
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